The Lower Mississippi River Water Trail

Birdsfoot Delta

SECTION	MILE	ACCESS CITY
Middle Mississippi & Bluegrass Hills / Bootheel	195-0, 954-850	ST. LOUIS TO CARUTHERSVILLE
Chickasaw Bluffs	850 – 737	CARUTHERSVILLE TO MEMPHIS
Upper Delta	737 – 663	MEMPHIS TO HELENA
Middle Delta	663 – 537	HELENA TO GREENVILLE
Lower Delta	537 – 437	GREENVILLE TO VICKSBURG
Loess Bluffs	437 – 225	VICKSBURG TO BATON ROUGE
Atchafalaya River	159 – 0	SIMMESPORT TO MORGAN CITY
Louisiana Delta	229 – 10	BATON ROUGE TO VENICE
Birdsfoot Delta	10 – 0	VENICE TO GULF OF MEXICO

Introduction
Venice to the Gulf
Water Levels According To The Venice Gage (VG):
Flood Stage Warning:
11.5 LBD	Sandbars At Mouth Of Baptiste Collette Bayou – North Side
11.4 LBD	Shell Beaches At Mouth Of Baptiste Collette Bayou – South Side
11.5 LBD	Baptiste Colette Bayou
-1.9 RBD	Emeline Pass
-2.5 RBD	Fimbel Pass
-6 To -8	Baptiste Collette Jetty
10.5	The Jump: Entrance to the Venice Harbor
Directions To The Marinas In Tiger Pass
Cypress Cove Marina
Venice Marina
10.4 RBD	Grand Pass
Grand Pass
Tiger Pass
The Wagon Wheel – Venice Salt Dome
10.2 RBD	Grand Pass Island
10.2 To 9.8 RBD	WARNING: Iron Pilings In River
9.6 – 8	LBD Lower Venice Anchorage
4.9 LBD	Mary Bower’s Pass
4.8 RBD	New Pass
4.8 RBD	New Pass Cypress Beach
3.5 – 2.9 LBD	Cubit’s Gap
Cubit’s Gap/Main Pass Camp
Octave Pass North
Cubit’s Gap: Octave Pass
Cubit’s Gap: Brant Bayou
Cubit’s Gap: Raphael Pass
Delta National Wildlife Refuge
2.4 LBD	Shell Pipeline Co., Pilottown Wharf
1.9 LBD	Pilottown
0 RBD Mile Zero (SW Pass) Camp
Head of Passes	-0- Mile Zero
Southwest Pass
River Levels Down SW Pass
-4.5 LBD	Burrwood Bayou (Top Entrance)
-8.9 LBD	Pogo Producing Co., E-3 Boat Landing
-14.5 LBD	Burrwood Bayou (Bottom Entrance)
-14.5 RBD	Dredge Piles
-14.5 LBD	Burrwood Bayou Closure
-18.0 LBD	Associated Branch Pilots, Southwest Pass Station Wharf
-20.2 LBD	End Of The Jetty/End Of The River
South Pass
-3.4 LBD	Picnic/Camping Spot
-4 To -10 RBD	East Bay Bayou Openings
-10 RBD	Picayune Bayou
-11 RBD	Port Eads
-11 RBD	High Adventure Marina, Port Eads
-11.8 LBD	Bayou Opening (To Backside Of Upper South Pass Island)
-12.1 LBD	Tiny Bayou Opening
-12.2 LBD	Opening In Jetty Along Ocean Side Of Upper South Pass Island
Upper South Pass Island	West Jetty End
-13.5 RBD
Best End Place: Lower South Pass Island
-14.2 LBD	East Jetty End
Pass A Loutre
-0.5 RBD	Upper Shallow Island
-1.5 RBD	Lower Shallow Island
-2 RBD	Cheniere Pass
-2.5 RBD	Willow Clump
-4 To -5 RBD	Wetlands
-6 LBD	Muddy Shallows
-11 LBD	Disappearing Banks
-12.8 LBD	North Pass Island
-15	North Pass Island Beaches
Southeast Pass
-5.5 RBD	Mouth Of Southeast Pass
-7 RBD	Pass A Loutre State WMA Picnic Area
-12.5	Channel Splits
-12.5	Southeast Pass Island
Pass A Loutre State Wildlife Wildlife Management Area
Balize, The Oldest City The Delta Ate
Getting Back
Upstream Paddling
What Do You Do Now With Your Vessel?
LiNKS = Leave No Kid On Shore